Ivy of the Angel: And Other Stories

Lena Kennedy

05.2013 г. · Продава се от Hodder & Stoughton

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Encounter a wealth of lively characters and true-to-life situation in this collection of vivid and compelling stories.

Ivy of the Angel reveals why an elderly bag lady becomes the centre of attention in an Oxford Street store.

Dive into a tale of thwarted love in London's East End in The Lonely Road

And see how the smooth surface of a buried past can be disrupted by the intrusions of the present. The Willows Wept With Me, Linda's Revenge and The Long Dream

With the freshness and directness that have become her hallmark, Lena Kennedy explores the enduring power of love, the triumph of hope over adversity, the problems of illness and prejudice, and the quirky kindness of fate.

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Lena Kennedy lived all her life in the East End of London and wrote with great energy about the people and times she knew there. She was 67 before her first novel, MAGGIE, was accepted for publication. Since then her bestselling novels have shown her to be among the finest and best loved of contemporary novelists. She died in August 1986.